Monthly Archives: April 2015

(Image: Devianart) People are less likely to return to an automated advisor like a robot or a smartphone-based assistant if given bad advice over a human advisor under the same circumstances, researchers have found. “This has very important implications because time and time again, we are seeing humans being replaced by computers in the workplace,” said Andrew Prahl from University …

(Image: modernreaders.com) The world’s first robotic mobile phone RoBoHon, a pocket-size walking and dancing robot, started sale on Thursday in Japan. The human-shaped smartphone, developed by Japanese electronics company, Sharp and engineer Tomotaka Takahashi, inventor of the first robot astronaut ‘Kirobo’, went on sale with a base price of 198,000 yen ($1,800), EFE news reported. To mark the launch, the …

Drones are cool, until they go and crash . New tech from MIT might turn your drone into an obstacle-avoiding craft with creature-like reflexes, dodging and making loops around trees or buildings like a nimble hummingbird. The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT just announced new experimental drone software that lets UAVs make donuts and figure-eights around a …

Believe it or not, touchscreen smartphones have given a tough competition to traditional controls of cars like button and switches. According to a media reports, it is believed that back-seat passengers will have the touchscreen to control automotive accessories such as air-conditioning, infotainment, and navigation. This will help ensure your over-all safety as the new techniques will reduce distractions for …

Image: RCMP If you live in British Columbia, don’t try to sneak out a quick text while driving just because you don’t see any cops on the road. The RCMP., Canada’s version of the FBI, have started using DLSR cameras attached to massive scopes to spot distracted drivers from as far as three-quarters-of-a-mile away. We all instinctively know to hide …

Humans love watching robots fall , whether for levity or the fleeting satisfaction of knowing we can do something better than machines (when sober, at least). But now at Georgia Tech, engineers are teaching robots to fall more gracefully. Over the past few years, we’ve seen humanoid robots evolve incredibly quickly, mastering climbing, carrying, and even teaching itself new tasks …

We already know that robots are destined to steal all our jobs. But thanks to some foolhardy researchers at Stanford University who’ve developed an articulated robot that can dive and explore underwater shipwrecks, our android rivals will soon be stealing all our pirate treasure too. For the time being, at least, OceanOne is completely dependent on a human operator who’s …

If you want to capture as much of your action as possible, Ricoh’s new WG-M2 might be for you: It shoots 4K video across a frankly ridiculous 204-degree field of view. An update to the WG-M1, the new camera’s claimed to be 40 percent lighter and smaller than its predecessor while also claiming to be pretty tough-it’ll withstand freezing temperatures, …

Just now, I saw a man almost die. He was holding a robotic oar down by his side while riding a skateboard. The oar, loaded with a motor and fitted with a wheel at the bottom, sent him launching towards the film crew and me at speeds usually reserved for small cars and scooters. Thankfully he did not die, because …

Japanese multinational conglomerate company Hitachi Ltd. on Tuesday said it has developed a camera technology that can capture video images without using a lens, the first of this kind in Japan. “This camera technology makes it possible to make a camera lighter and thinner since a lens is unnecessary,” Xinhua news agency cited the Tokyo-based company as saying. The new …

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